Game apparatus.



I Patented May 28, 1912.

Invento A I I IL 3 6 5 as v6 of! M W. HALL.

B APPARATUS. 01w FILED JAN. 25, 1912.

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"Be it known that I, VERNON W. 'HALL, of .l?ortland, in the county ofCumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new ing at a v as.in the ordinary target shooting.

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and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is aspeci'ficatlon. .My invention relates to a game apparatus 4 to be usedin connection with. riflepractice or target shooting and particularly incon-' nection with indoor shooting with small caliber rifles orrevolvers.

The object. of ,'y'.invent-ion 1s to'devise A a target for riflepractice by ,which 'a game maybe played whlch will give a greatervariety than merely countingscores by shoot- 'target made up ofconcentric rings w this end in view I- have constructed a target made'upof a-plurality of spaces each containing the representation ofa playingcard.

In practice I arrange the target intofiftytwo equal squares in each oneof.wh1ch is a.

I centrally disposed spotwhichi's eithera heart,

club, diamond'or spade as used in ordinary In the "corners of thesquares playing cards. are auxiliary letters or figures which indicatethe value ,ofthe card. 7

The game is played in simulation of any game .where the. comparativevalue of the hand is determined by. the cards held in the hand such aspoker and. cribbage.

according to the game being played..

The game'creat'e's interest and gives variety to target practice andencourages the cultivation f the art of shooting. 7

'In' the accompanying drawing'I show a .representationof a targetconstructed a'c-' cording ,to my invention.

A re resents the target -two squares" a each of which has or figures inthe-corners of the squares to indicate the value of the card., Bulletholes are re resented at b;

a If t egame beingplay d-was poker, the

Specification. otfiett ers ratent, Application filed January 25, 1912.-.Serial No. 878,477.

hearts and three of clubs.

Each a bullet is counted as acard and when the necessary number of shotsare made to fill the-hand the hand is valued which is divided BatentedMay 28.1912.

'five shots fired would indicate the hand to a of hearts, the king todiamonds, three of This would indicate what is known as a full hand Inbe made up of the kin of spades; the three the sameway the opponent ofthe player would shoota' hand and the one getting the 55. "hand ofhighest -value would be the winner.

Injthe same way; the hands may be valued according to th'e rules of thegame 0i cribbag e or any other like game.-

The spaces may be-of any may be of unequal. size,- thehigher cardshaving the-smaller spaces ,so thatthey will be more diificultto get.This latter arrange ment isv indicated .bydotte'd lines at c and d wherethe ace of hearts is shown as inclosed in asquare smaller thanthe normalsize and the king of hearts in a square-somewhat larger-than: thatinclosing the ace.

I .claim? A l. A game appar tus consisting of a target having a serlesof spaces eachofwhich "contalns devices representing a playing card.

2. A game apparatus conslstlng Of'fi. target having a SBI'lS' of spacesof unequal size '15 each space containing devices indicatinga playingcardtthe smaller spaces representlng tlflhigher cards.

ame apparatus consisting of a -tar-' get-havmg a series of spaces eachof which.

hasin the center thereot one-of the spots of I aplaying'card withauxiliary characters indicatlng the value of the card.

4. A game-apparatus consisting of a tar- 7 get divided up mto squarespaces and having in the. center of each space a,- one. of the spots ofa playing card with letters and figures in'the corners ofsaid squaresindieating the value of'the cards.

In testimony whereoi I have aflixed my. signature; in presence of two.witnesses.

- V vEnNoiaw-HALL.

Witnesses: i j

- S. W. Barns,

C. B. Cnmen'roN;

desired, smi o arrangementand number'and if desired they

